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TENTATIVE  PROGRAM 


CONSTRUCTIVE  PEACE 


Emergency  Federation  of  Peace  Forces 


'  I  'HE  Emergency  Federation  of  Peace  Forces  was  organized  in  Chicago  on 
*  December  19,  1914,  with  Miss  Jane  Addams  as  Chairman,  to  secure  the 
widest  possible  adoption  by  peace,  civic,  labor,  religious,  social,  scientific  and 
other  organizations  of  a  minimum  program  for  constructive  peace,  so  that  an 
intelligent  public  opinion  may  direct  the  terms  of  settlement  of  the  present 
world  catastrophe  with  a  view  to  insuring  permanent  peace. 


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LOUIS  P.  LOCHNER,  Secretary 

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CHICAGO 


THE  TENTATIVE  PROGRAM  FOR 
CONSTRUCTIVE  PEACE 


Is  on  the  whole  in  line  with  the  programs  of  the  "Union  for 
Democratic  Control"  (Norman  Angell  and  others)  of  England, 
the  "Ligue  des  Pays  Neutres"  of  Switzerland,  the  "Woman's 
Movement  for  Constructive  Peace"  (Mrs.  Pethick-Lawrence  of 
London),  the  International  Peace  Bureau  (Senator  Henri  La 
Fontaine  of  Belgium),  the  National  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Socialist  Party,  the  South  German  Social  Democrats,  the  Anti- 
War  Council  ("Anti-Oorlog  Rad")  of  Holland,  the  "League  of 
Peace"  (Hamilton  Holt),  The  American  Peace  Society,  The 
World  Peace  Foundation  of  Boston,  and  others. 

This  tentative  program  was  adopted  at  a  meeting  in  which 
representatives  of  the  following  organizations  took  part :  Chi- 
cago  Peace  Society,  Political  Equality  League,  Chicago  Woman's 
Club,  Socialist  Women's  League,  Chicago  School  of  Civics  and 
Philanthropy,  Penny  Phone  League,  Chicago  Teachers'  Federa- 
toin,  Iroquois  Club,  Playground  and  Recreation  Association  of 
America,  Young  People's  Socialist  League,  Chicago  Progressive 
Club,  Illinois  Equal  Suffrage  Association,  Social  Service  Club, 
Single  Tax  Club,  National  Socialist  Party,  Federation  of 
Churches,  National  Socialist  Women's  Committee,  Executive 
Board  of  the  Chicago  Federation  of  Labor,  Women's  City  Club, 
Women's  Trade  Union  League,  Socialist  Party  of  Cook  County. 

While  many  of  these  delegates  came  uninstructed  and  could 
therefore  not  speak  authoritatively  for  their  organizations,  it  is 
significant  that  after  a  full  discussion  the  Tentative  Program 
was  adopted  unanimously  by  those  present. 

It  is  proposed  to  hold  a  national  conference  in  the  near 
future,  at  which  this  Tentative  Program  will  be  discussed  and 
adopted  with  such  modification  as  may,  after  careful  considera- 
tion and  debate,  seem  essential. 

Contributions  for  the  furtherance  of  the  work  of  the  Emer- 
gency Federation  are  earnestly  solicited.  Checks  should  be 
made  payable  to  Mrs.  Bertram  W.  Sippy,  Treasurer,  The  Emer- 
gency Federation  of  Peace  Forces,  623  Stock  Exchange  Building, 
Chicago. 


TENTATIVE  PROGRAM  FOR 
CONSTRUCTIVE  PEACE 


Object:  To  organize  all  peace  forces  and  to  bring  their 
pressure  to  bear  upon  public  opinion  and  the  Governments  of 
the  world  to  the  furtherance  of  the  following  ends: 

I.  TO  SECURE  A  CESSATION  OF  HOSTILITIES: 

Either 

1.  The  President  of  the  United  States  shall  be  urged  to  irn 
vite  the  neutral  nations  of  Europe  to  send  envoys  to  meet  our 
envoys  to  be  appointed  by  him.  This  joint  delegation  shall 
urge  upon  the  nations  now  at  war  that  they  declare  a  cessation 
of  hostilities  until  the  message  of  our  nation  shall  have  been 
delivered.  This  armistice,  it  is  confidently  expected,  will  be  the 
first  step  toward  permanent  peace. 

Or 

2.  An  early  conference  of  the  neutral  powers  of  the  world 

shall  be  held,  which  conference  shall  issue  a  joint  offer  of  media- 
tion to  the  warring  nations. 

II.  TO  ENSURE  SUCH  TERMS  OF  SETTLEMENT  AS 
WILL  PREVENT  THIS  WAR  FROM  BEING  BUT 
THE  PRELUDE  TO  NEW  WARS,  AND  AS  WILL 
HOLD  THE  BELLIGERENT  POWERS  TO  THEIR 
SLOGAN  THAT  "THIS  IS  A  WAR  TO  END  WAR": 

1.  No  province  shall  be  transferred  from  one  government 
to  another  without  the  consent  of  plebiscite  of  the  population  of 
such  province.  The  plebiscite,  in  which  women  shall  be  in- 
cluded, shall  be  taken  by  an  international  commission  of  neutral 
nations. 

2.  No  war  indemnities  shall  be  assessed. 

3.  No  treaty,  alliance,  or  other  arrangement  shall  be  entered 
upon  by  any  nation,  unless  ratified  by  the  representatives  of  the 


people.  Adequate  machinery  for  insuring  democratic  control  of 
foreign  policies  shall  be  created. 

III.  TO  PLACE  THE  FUTURE  PEACE  OF  THE  WORLD 
UPON  SECURER  FOUNDATIONS: 

1.  Foreign  policies  of  nations  shall  not  be  aimed  at  creating 
alliances  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  the  "balance  of  power," 
but  shall  be  directed  to  the  establishment  of  a  "Concert  of 
Nations,"  with 

(a)  A  court  or  courts  for  the  settlement  of  all  disputes 
between  nations ; 

(b)  An  international  congress,  with  legislative  and  ad- 
ministrative powers  over  international  affairs,  and  with  per- 
manent committees  in  place  of  present  secret  diplomacy; 

(c)  An  international  police  force. 

2.  As  an  immediate  step  in  this  direction,  a  permanent 
League  of  Neutral  Nations  ("League  of  Peace")  shall  be  formed, 
whose  members  shall  bind  themselves  to  settle  all  difficulties 
arising  between  them  by  arbitration,  judicial  or  legislative  pro- 
cedure, and  who  shall  create  an  international  police  force  for 
mutual  protection  against  attack. 

3.  National  disarmament  shall  be  effected  in  the  following 
manner:  It  shall  be  contingent  upon  the  adoption  of  this  peace 
program  by  a  sufficient  number  of  nations,  or  by  nations  of  suf- 
ficient power  to  insure  protection  to  those  disarmed.  It  shall  be 
graduated  in  each  nation  to  the  degree  of  disarmament  effected 
in  the  other  nations,  and  progressively  reduced  until  finally 
complete. 

4.  The  protection  of  private  property  at  sea,  of  neutral 
commerce  and  of  communications  shall  be  secured  by  the 
neutralization  of  the  seas  and  of  such  maritime  trade  routes 
as  the  Dardanelles,  the  Panama,  Suez  and  Kiel  Canals,  the 
Straits  of  Gibraltar,  etc. 

5.  National  and  international  action  shall  be  secured  to  re- 
move the  economic  causes  of  war. 

6.  The  democracies  of  the  world  shall  be  extended  and  re- 
inforced by  general  application  of  the  principle  of  self-govern- 
ment and  by  the  extension  of  suffrage  to  women. 

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